Here you will find tips on how your tenant owners’ association can reduce its carbon footprint and energy consumption. In addition to having a lower climate footprint, it also makes your apartment block more attractive and resilient for the future.
- Install solar panels. Depending on the location of the roof, this is an investment that can pay off in 10-15 years.
- Install chargers for electric vehicles to allow for flat owners to buy electric cars.
- Install geothermal heating. It can be both an environmental and economic win, depending on the conditions of your particular house.
- Improve insulation to lower energy consumption
- Introduce heat recovery in the ventilation system. .
- Switch to LED lighting. A 20-year-old lighting system uses four times more energy than a new one.
- Introduce sharing services like car and bike pools.
- Make sure there are safe spaces to store bikes.
- Introduce individual hot water metering. There are several exciting solutions being developed. Start-up company Labtrino has developed a flow meter that can be installed without a plumber.
- Switch to a green electricity contract.
- Carry out an energy audit to review the building’s energy use and how it can be improved.
- Make sure there’s a recycling room in the building.